[Tfug] Segmented wireless network

[Benjamin Krein]

Check out IPCop (www.ipcop.org) for a quick & easy firewall/router that 
will do just this thing.
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Benjamin Krein
www.superk.org

...... Original Message .......
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:16:22 -0700 "Matt Jacob" <matt.jacob at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>I've looked all over, but I haven't found anything describing what I 
>want to do (or perhaps I don't know how to accurately describe what I 
>want to do). Either way, what I'm trying to say is that I've RTFM.
>
>I have a wired 100 Mbps home network. It's a Linksys router/4-port 
>switch connected to an 8-port switch, all fed by a Comcast connection to 
>the public Internet. I also have a laptop with 802.11b/g, and I'd like 
>to use it strictly for Internet access. In other words, the wired 
>network shouldn't be able to see the wireless network, and vice versa.
>
>I'm assuming this should be secure enough for my needs, and I also plan 
>on using MAC filtering, not broadcasting the SSID, and turning on WEP to 
>deter passers-by. So even if someone does happen to break in to the 
>wireless network, all they'll get is some free Web access, and no files 
>on the wired network will be compromised.
>
>How can I do this?
>
>-- 
>Matt Jacob
>matt.jacob at gmail.com
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